Showing the money: Assembly race no contest in fundraising

In the last campaign filing period from Oct. 1 to Oct. 20, 2nd District California Assembly candidate Wesley Chesbro raised well over $50,000. His challenger Tom Lynch raised exactly $50.

Both candidates are Democrats in California's new top-two primary system. Chesbro received 64.1 percent of the vote in June to Lynch's 22.9 percent.

Since the start of the year, Chesbro has raised in more than $200,000 in his campaign for reelection. Lynch, a Guerneville general contractor who serves on the Sonoma County Planning Commission, raised almost $7,000.

In the last filing period, Lynch received one donation from an individual -- $50 from hospital administrator Jamie Peneherrera. In the same time, he spent more than $400. Lynch gave $100 to the Marc Levine for Assembly campaign, a 10th District candidate. He also spent about $100 to stay at the Eureka Motel 6 for a campaign forum and gave a $50 donation to KZYX, the Mendocino public broadcasting station.

In the October filing period, Chesbro received $1,000 from AT&T, $2,000 from C&S Waste Solutions, $4,500 from the California New Car Dealers Association Political Action Committee, $1,500 from Hewlett Packard, $7,800 from the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC, and $1,000 from the Yurok Tribe, among others.

He gave $500 to Linda Atkins' Eureka City Council campaign and another $500 to Crescent City council candidate Kathryn Murray. He also paid AMW Consulting, Inc. $4,265 for a fundraising event, and gave a $20,000 contribution to the Democratic State Central Committee of California.